Divider for mowing and reaping machines.



G. H. DAUGHERTY.

DIVIDER FOB. MOWING AND REAPING MACHINES.

APPLIOATION'IILBD 001'. 27, 1010.

1,005,169. v Patented Oct. 10,1911.

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GILES H. DAUGI-IERTY, OF CHICO, OREGON.

DIVIDER FOR MOWING AND REAPING MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1911.

Application filed October 27, 1910. Serial No. 589,337.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Guns H. DAUGHERTY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chico, in the county of Wallowa. and State of Oregon, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Dividers for Mowing andReaping Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in dividers formowing and reaping machines and my object is to provide a divider framehaving tubular sockets thereon to receive rods.

A further object is to provide means for holding the rods in adjustedrelationship with the sockets, and a further object is to provide meansfor removab-ly attaching the divider to the shoe of a sickle bar.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter set forth and pointedout in the specification.

In the accompanying drawings, which are made a part of this application,Figure 1 is a sectional view through a sickle bar showing my improveddivider in side elevation, and, Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designatecorrespond ing parts throughout the several views, 1 in dicates a sicklebar, which may be constructed in the usual or any preferred manner, and2 indicates the shoe at the outer end of the sickle bar.

Extending upwardly and rearwardly from the forward portion of the shoe 2is an arm 3, while extending forwardly from the shoe is a prong 4, whichprong is adapted to enter an opening in the divider frame 5. The forwardportion of the frame 5 is brought to a point, as best shown in Fig. 2,whereby it will readily pass through the standing grass or grain, whilethe rear portion of the frame terminates in tubular sockets 6 and 7, thesocket 7 preferably resting upon the arm 3 and conforming to the contourthereof, while the socket 6 extends at a more in creased angle and abovethe socket 7. En-

tering the sockets 6 and 7 are rods 8 and 9, respectively, which rodsare adapted to guide the grain, etc., after it has been cut and move thesame away from the standing grain. The rods are adjustable within saidsockets, whereby they may be lengthened or shortened for use inconnection with grain or grass of varying heights, and are held in theiradjusted positions by means of set screws 10 and 11. The forward end ofthe rod 9 is slightly bent inwardly while the rod 8 is bent to a greaterdegree in its length so that said rods will have substantially the sameeffect upon the grass as the mold board of a plow has to the soil, thepeculiar curvature of said rods moving the cut grass to some distancefrom the standing grass. The forward end of the rod 8 preferablyterminates substantially in line above the rod 9 and by properlyadjusting the rods in their sockets, the divider can be readily adaptedfor use in connection with grass of varying lengths. The socket 7extends substantially at right angles to the longitudinal plane of thesickle bar, while socket 6 is extended outwardly so as to properlyreceive the rod 8 and also to render the curvature of the rod and socketsymmetrical.

In conjunction with the prong 4 the divider is held in position on theshoe by extending a bolt 12 through the arm 3 and the socket 7. Byplacing the frame forwardly of the shoe the division of the grain issubstantially made before it is cut by the sickle, and by extending thesocket 6 outwardly and curving the rod in the manner shown, the standinggrain. or grass will be moved away from the cut grain or grass, therebymaking a positive separation between the cut and standing grass,regardless of how tangled the grass may be, and by making the primaryseparation before the grass is cut the cut grass is prevented fromfalling over the divider at the end of the sickle bar.

What I claim is:

In combination, a sickle bar, a shoe secured on one end of the sicklebar and formed with a forwardly projecting prong and a rearwardlyextending overhanging arm, a divider comprising a frame having anopening to receive the prong and upname to this specification in thepresence of wardly and rearwardly extending tubular tWo subscribingWitnesses. members, one of said members being disposed over theoverhanging arm, a bolt con- GILES DAUGHERTY' necting'said member andarm, and rods se- Witnesses: cured in said tubular members. ALBERT S.CooLEY,

In testimony whereof I have signed'my D. W. SHEAHAN.

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